You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 112 Undermining the White Eagle Empire and then having to earn their gratitude (5k)

However, to Liu Wentao's surprise, the Crimson Heart Armor possessed extremely high protective capabilities.

Even when faced with the ferocious attacks of two ninth-tier professionals from the Sunset Empire, the Crimson Heart Armor only began to crack after holding out for more than ten minutes.

[Under the extreme impact of the Crimson Heart Armor's engine, even a ninth-level professional could not completely intercept it.]

As Liu Wentao crossed the border of the Sunset Empire, the Sunset Empire's army, which had already received orders, began to deploy its massive military equipment, preparing to bombard him relentlessly.

Just moments before the Sunset Empire's massive military matrix flashed with energy, the Crimson Heart Army's massive military matrix also lit up not far away.

When the Red Heart Army's massive military matrix locked onto the Sunset Empire's army, the enemy could only hastily change the direction of the massive military matrix.

To cover Liu Wentao's retreat, the Red Heart Army, which came to his aid, opened fire on the Sunset Empire's defenses without hesitation.

When the Sunset Empire dispatched a million border troops into the Federation, intending to unite with the Federation's aristocratic families to jointly eliminate the Red Heart Society, it was destined to face a fierce attack from the Red Heart Army.

The Sunset Empire's army hadn't expected the Crimson Heart Army to attack so directly. Before they could retaliate, the Crimson Heart Army's fierce assault had already arrived.

Damn it!

The two ninth-level professionals from the Sunset Empire who had been pursuing them changed their expressions and were about to attack the Crimson Heart Army.

However, what followed immediately was the suppression of two terrifying soul domains.

[Having received a gift from another dimension, the military elders and sword elders, who were promoted more than a decade ahead of schedule, are now even more formidable than before.]

[Thus, the moment these two domain souls descended, the two ninth-level professionals from the Sunset Empire froze on the spot.]

The next moment, without any hesitation, they performed a standard apology bow from afar, reminiscent of the Sunset Empire.

Then, they transformed into two streaks of light and turned to leave.

[Level 90 and above, one level equals one world.]

They sensed a strong sense of crisis from the suppression of the soul domains of the old soldier and the old swordsman.

If the other side makes a move and the others are unaware, they will certainly die.

The Sunset Empire was devastated by the bombing of its capital by forbidden weapons, causing heavy casualties. They too were heartbroken.

Compared to their own lives, they felt that the bombing of the capital wasn't so important anymore.

They are the very foundation upon which the Sunset Empire was built!

If they die, then the Sunset Empire will truly be finished.

So they left without hesitation, not even for a moment.

Liu Wentao landed in the Red Heart Army's camp. Looking at his nearly shattered Red Heart armor and the distant, mangled Imperial troops, a bright smile spread across his face.

Before becoming Minister of the Army, he was a staunch hawk!

Whenever another country infringes upon federal interests or insults the Union abroad, he is always at the forefront, demanding that the federal leadership respond with the strongest possible measures.

If that doesn't work, then fight!

If you can't beat them, use forbidden weapons to bomb them!

[Surely a few dozen forbidden military weapons will cause some trouble, right?]

Since they want to blockade the Federation, since they don't want the Federation to live, then none of us should live!

Let's die together!

However, after becoming the Minister of the Army, his position dictated his perspective; now that he was in a higher position, he naturally needed to consider the bigger picture and longer-term strategic goals.

[Especially after learning about various classified intelligence he had never known before, and about the formidable military strength of other countries, his initial enthusiasm gradually cooled.]

As Secretary of the Army, he is accountable to the Federation and to everyone in the Federation.

[For the sake of the bigger picture!]

These five words practically became his guiding principles for handling affairs in the future.

Deep down, however, he was still a radical.

After being betrayed by the Federal Headquarters and witnessing the Red Heart Society's strength and vibrant vitality upon arriving, he began to try to integrate into the Red Heart Society under the guidance of the veteran.

Therefore, when you proposed using forbidden weapons to bomb the capital of the Sunset Empire, he stepped forward without hesitation to accept this mission with a slim chance of survival.

[Obviously!]

He succeeded!

However, he knew in his heart that the Sunset Empire would inevitably retaliate in the future.

The following day, the Sunset Empire announced to the world that it had been attacked by the forbidden military forces of the Red Heart Society. This heinous forbidden massacre had severely impacted the Sunset Empire's economic lifeline, and its military factories and major laboratories had all been destroyed.

[The Red Heart Society, driven by its own ambition and madness, has caused the deaths of millions and injured tens of millions.]

The area affected by the forbidden radiation continues to expand!

Such despicable acts and brutal massacres must be retaliated against by the Sunset Empire!

Only through revenge, only with the blood of the Red Heart Society, can the shame of the Sunset Empire be washed away.

Since the Crimson Heart Society has used such a conspiracy to destroy the Sunset Empire, then the Sunset Empire will also launch a plan to destroy the Crimson Heart Society starting today.

The Sunset Empire is willing to fight to the last man to completely destroy the Red Heart Society!

Better to be a broken piece of jade!

I will not surrender even in dishonor!

[There are only fallen people of the Sunset Empire, not a Sunset Empire that dares not resist after being struck by forbidden weapons!]

Following its declaration, the Sunset Empire dispatched envoys to various countries around the world, presenting evidence of the Red Heart Society's use of forbidden weapons, hoping to gain sympathy from other nations and incite them to send troops or condemn the Red Heart Society globally.

After carefully learning about this matter, some smaller countries, considering the power of the Sunset Empire and the Red Heart Society's admirable quality of speaking out for the underprivileged, concluded that the Red Heart Society was an organization founded entirely by good people.

[Those who are loyal and honest are good people, and good people are usually reasonable.]

As for the claim that Chixin would use forbidden military weapons to bomb Sunset Capital?

[The Sunset Empire has already sent a million troops to interfere in other people's internal affairs. Isn't it normal for them to act this way when they're pushed to the limit?]

Therefore, making a statement to gain favor with the Sunset Empire, and even securing their cooperation in the future, is entirely feasible.

However, in the eyes of major powers such as the White Eagle Empire, the Peacock Empire, and the United States, the Red Heart Society's bombing of the Sunset Imperial Capital concealed other significant information.

For example, how could a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi cultivation withstand a ninth-level cultivator for over twenty minutes after donning that mysterious battle armor?

[Especially the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire, the more he looked at the Crimson Heart Armor, the more it resembled the Black Gold Armor research project that their White Eagle Empire's R&D department had proposed more than a decade ago.]

The research goals outlined in the Black Gold Armor Project are to cultivate eighth-tier professionals into a top-tier force capable of rivaling ninth-tier professionals.

[Currently, the White Eagle Empire's research department has not even properly resolved the issues of materials and armor models for the second phase. The model armor they have produced is riddled with flaws and differs significantly from their envisioned black-gold armor.]

[But here's the problem: how did the Red Heart Society manage to develop something that the White Eagle Empire couldn't achieve even after more than a decade of research?]

[And this armor's structure, this defensive mechanism... the more I look at it, the more familiar it seems.]

[Could it be that the R&D department has already developed the black gold armor?]

[Is the reason this hasn't been exposed yet because they've been fraudulently obtaining research funding year after year?]

As this thought arose, the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire became increasingly convinced that this was indeed the case.

【OK!】

The Black Gold Armor was successfully developed, but he, the emperor of the White Eagle Empire, was the last to know.

It seems those people in the research department really want to die!

Thus began a massive purge sweeping through the research departments of the White Eagle Empire.

[Afterwards, the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire called your personal line and immediately accused you of being immoral!]

[Using support from the White Eagle Empire, spending its money, acquiring its weapons and technology, and finally using spies to steal the Black Gold Armor from the White Eagle Empire's research and development department ahead of schedule.]

We've known each other for so many years, and this is the first time I've ever known you to have this kind of personality.

You chuckled, indicating that the Crimson Heart Armor was entirely developed internally by the Crimson Heart Society.

He genuinely didn't know that the White Eagle Empire also had a similar research program.

[Then, you stated that if the White Eagle Empire's emperor could provide evidence of your actions—planting spies in their research department and smuggling the Black Gold Armor—you would accept any conditions the White Eagle Empire might impose.] [However, if the White Eagle Empire's emperor cannot provide such evidence, then he will need to grant you one condition.]

Looking at your confident demeanor, the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

Did he guess wrong?

Regardless, he's come to question you, and you've proposed such favorable conditions for the White Eagle Empire, so he has no reason to refuse.

It's just that I owe you one favor!

If your condition is too unreasonable, he can simply pretend it never happened.

[Anyway, the more lice you have, the less they bite; the White Eagle Empire's shamelessness is legendary throughout the world.]

In May of the 130th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, a deputy minister of the military from the United States visited the Red Heart Society and, during his propaganda, presented the Red Heart Society as a national political entity.

Although the Federal Office strongly opposed this, the Federation was powerless against the United States across the ocean.

Due to the existence of sea monsters, the Federation has hardly developed its navy.

Most importantly, the benefits of developing the army are greater than those of developing the navy.

After all, once inside the Abyss Battlefield, the military equipment of this world will be suppressed in every way.

Therefore, in this era dominated by professionals who slay abyssal monsters to obtain extraordinary resources, the strength of an army and its warbands is the true measure of a nation's power.

Furthermore, there's also a super-large teleportation array!

[Once a nation's top military forces cross the ocean and set up a teleportation array, its powerful army will arrive continuously.]

Under these circumstances, the development of the navy becomes rather pointless.

In June of the 130th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Red Heart Society reached an agreement with the United States. The Red Heart Society exchanged 28 cutting-edge technologies related to the Red Heart Armor for 37 types of large-scale military equipment and 11 types of super-large military equipment from the United States.

[At the same time, the United States also needs to send a technical engineering team to help the Red Heart Society solve the problems of producing extraordinary alloy materials and related smelting technologies essential for special military weapons.]

[As the deal was struck and the Deputy Minister of the United States Army returned satisfied, the scientific research investigation by the White Eagle Empire also reached its conclusion.]

The research department of the White Eagle Empire is plagued by serious corruption.

[Furthermore, the research project teams led by members of powerful families have secret connections with other countries.]

[While issues like improperly issuing invoices and overcharging within the Black Gold Armor research group appear insignificant in the face of such treasonous acts.]

In a sense, they didn't really break the rules; they were just using the rules reasonably to seek some personal gain.

Based on the comprehensive data analysis of the Black Gold Armor, this is indeed a semi-finished product.

However, other research groups have been found to have deceived their superiors and maliciously defrauded research funds.

Even so, the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire was still furious, believing the Black Gold Armor research team to be utterly incompetent!

[They receive so much money from the Empire every year, and expend so much manpower and resources, yet their research isn't even as fast as the Red Heart Society's?]

[How many years has the Red Heart Society been established?]

They accomplished in a few years what you couldn't finish in decades!

【fool!】

[Look at the brief data sent from the Red Heart Society. Although the Red Heart Armor still falls short of the Black Gold Armor project team's expectations.]

[The fact that it allows an eighth-tier professional to possess the defensive capabilities of a ninth-tier professional is quite astonishing.]

Furthermore, with ample energy, the armor's engine can unleash a linear movement speed comparable to that of a ninth-level professional.

This almost meets his minimum requirements for the Black Gold Armor project!

Therefore, in a fit of rage, the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire imprisoned the entire Black Gold Armor research team, along with all the other research members who had embezzled, been corrupt, and deceived their superiors.

He even gave the court a recommendation for the death penalty!

[It's useless no matter who pleads for you!]

However, things soon took a turn for the better.

[Upon receiving this news, you used the condition that the White Eagle Empire owed you to reclaim the members of the Black Gold Research Team.]

[So, after you agreed to continue leading the White Eagle Empire's emperor in stock market manipulation to fleece investors, the White Eagle Empire's emperor personally withdrew his recently issued death sentence decree.]

For him, exchanging a group of dead people for your agreed-upon conditions is a sure-fire way to make a profit.

[And regarding the White Eagle Empire's emperor's question about why you were protecting this research group, you also provided your own answer.]

Within a few years, the Red Heart Society had thoroughly researched and mastered the Red Heart Armor and put it into production.

[So you're really curious to see how the Black Gold Armor research group, with roughly the same functions, has managed to produce no notable results after so many years of research?]

It's often said that a clever person's deepest thoughts are no match for a fool's quick wit.

Therefore, you want to facilitate some exchange between the two sides, in case the Black Gold Armor research group has different ideas that could inspire the Red Heart Society research group in other areas?

Hearing your explanation, the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire nodded slightly; it's unclear whether he agrees with your idea.

However, when the Black Gold Armor research team arrived at the Red Heart Society, they were seriously injured. But after examination by the Red Heart Society, it was found that these were all superficial injuries that only caused pain.

Clearly, some emperor, who wished to remain anonymous, had unleashed his fury on this research team.

[And you and Lin Xue both attach great importance to this black and gold armor research team.]

After all, while others may not know, the two of you do know how the Crimson Heart Armor came to be.

And so, when the White Eagle Empire sentenced them to death, and their people scorned and despised them, only Chixin truly accepted them.

Under your instructions and Lin Xue's arrangements, the Black Gold Armor research team arrived at the Red Heart Society, feeling as if they were returning home.

When they entered the Crimson Heart Armor research lab and learned about the various parameters and related data of the Crimson Heart Armor, especially after seeing a Crimson Heart Armor displayed before them, their pupils dilated in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.

At that moment, they suddenly understood why the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire was so furious.

For some reason, as they read through the technical principles and explanations of the Crimson Heart Armor, they felt a strange sense of familiarity.

[Somehow, it felt as if I had participated in the research related to the Crimson Heart Armor; conducting the research was effortless, with almost no awkward moments.]

The old headmaster attributed this miraculous effect to the Chixin Society's care and protection of them.

When a person deeply loves a place, the atmosphere and spirit of that place will also influence that person.

In a sense, their coming to the Red Heart Society to conduct research was their destiny!

[The researchers from the White Eagle Empire, persuaded by the old principal's profound reasoning, found his arguments quite reasonable.]

[Otherwise, why are they so confused and often hit bottlenecks when they were conducting research in the White Eagle Empire? Why don't they feel the same way when they come here to participate in more advanced and challenging research?]

Even when reading about the technical theories of the Crimson Heart Armor, I would often find myself in moments of realization, understanding that "that's how it is," "it can be done this way," and "it can actually be solved by taking a different approach."

[Thus, after the Black Gold Armor Research Group joined, the Crimson Heart Armor Research Group's efficiency in studying and modifying the Crimson Heart Armor's shortcomings was greatly improved.]

In July of the 130th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, after months of silence, the Sunset Empire suddenly launched over a dozen forbidden weapons at the Crimson Heart Society in the early morning.

However, all of these forbidden weapons failed to deploy due to the high-level forbidden weapon interception system provided by the United States.

Even thanks to the United States' latest research on the forbidden aura collection and countermeasure system, the forbidden radiation aura generated by the explosions of more than a dozen forbidden military weapons launched by the Sunset Empire was all redirected in the opposite direction to various cities within the Sunset Empire.

The Sunset Empire was immediately enraged and issued a stern condemnation of the United States.

In response, the United States stated: "If you have the capability, then you can develop a product similar to the Red Heart Armor, and we can sell you these cutting-edge technologies."

If you can't do it, then shut up!

[The various spies and assassins sent by the Sunset Empire were all identified and killed by the Red Heart Society.]

[This is a decree issued by Lin Xue. Since the Sunset Empire has declared its intention to retaliate against the Red Heart Society in all aspects, from this day forward, all personnel from the Sunset Empire will be completely wiped out wherever the Red Heart Society is located.]

Anyone with ties to the Sunset Empire will be annihilated!

The Red Heart Society has no need for the Sunset Empire's business!

[In the same month, a delegation from the Peacock Empire visited the Red Heart Society. However, their immediate request for the Red Heart Society to hand over the Red Heart Armor technology amused the Red Heart Society's higher-ups.]

In this world, it's the people of the Mauryan Empire who make the most of these ridiculous mistakes.

(End of this chapter)